Cool! Thank you for the info! My exim is running with this command: /usr/local/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m, so that should be 30 minutes, right?
Adjusted the logging -- thanks! On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Phil Pennock <[email protected]>wrote: > On 2011-01-26 at 16:28 -0500, Sergei Gerasenko wrote: > > Sorry if this has been asked before. > > > > A message has been sitting in my queue. The log file contains multiple > > instances of "remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out". I've > connected > > to the host on 25 and verified that I'm indeed unable to talk to it. So > far > > so good. My question is: why does Exim try to deliver it about every 3-4 > > minutes (with "Spool file is locked another process is handling this > > message" about every 15-30 seconds)? > > The "queue runner" is not ordered. Each queue runner takes a look at > handling a mail; if the spool file is locked, another runner is assumed > to be handling it and the runner continues on. > > You probably have a lot of queue runners competing with each other. > Perhaps you should increase the time between starting queue-runners, or > perhaps you should look at turning on split_spool_directory and then > scripting a fancier queue runner strategy. > > > So, why is it doing it so frequently? Also is there a way to not include > > "another process is handling this message" in the log? > > log_selector = -skip_delivery > > This will also avoid logging "Message is frozen". > > For more details, see: > > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch49.html#SECTlogselector > > 49.15, "Reducing or increasing what is logged" > > Note: the leading minus sign is important. > > -Phil > > -- > ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/ > -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
